IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Haystack
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR023004
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR023004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0258
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11117
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 44.5347214
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6311111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1/2 mile north of the junction of Hwys 26 & 19
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR023—Grant
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR627—Grant County Area, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44119-E6—Picture Gorge West, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeric Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Haystack
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wifton
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Xeric Haplocambid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/1998
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTRT

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    basin big sagebrush

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    9

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    689

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    270

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; very stony loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11.0 very fine roots and 9.0 fine roots; 18.0 very fine and 8.0 fine pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01311
    Bw—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, dry; very cobbly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 12.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 4.0 fine pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01312
    Bk1—23 to 74 centimeters (9.1 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; extremely stony loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 8.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 80.0 very fine and 2.0 fine and 1.0 coarse pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01313. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200679; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200679
    Bk2—74 to 152 centimeters (29.1 to 59.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; extremely stony coarse sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots; 40.0 very fine pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P01314. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200680; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200680